What is the Personal Project?

Have you ever wanted to build something? Have you ever wanted to learn how to play a musical instrument? Do you have questions about a topic that you have wanted to research on your own? Have you ever wanted to write a play? Now is your chance! The Personal Project is your project to do what you want to do, to show the skills you have developed over the years in your subjects focusing on a particular lens, and applying them to a goal.

The Personal Project is an individual project that begins in your 9th grade year and is completed in your 10th grade year. It consists of four main components: a learning goal, a product, a process journal, and a report. You have the opportunity to choose your topic and enjoy learning about it as you research and develop your chosen product.

Through this project, students:

• Demonstrate the personal abilities and skills required to produce and present an extended piece of work

• Engage in personal inquiry, action, and reflection on specific topics and issues

• Reflect on learning and share knowledge, views, and opinions with the broader community

What it is, what it is not:

The Personal Project should have a clear and achievable goal, be personal and original, entirely your own work, and most importantly… be something that interests YOU!

It should not be part of any assessed school course work, be linked too closely with any specific subject, or take over your whole personal and social life.

The IB Middle Years Program Personal Project Information Meeting for Parents - 10/19/2022

The IB Middle Years Program Personal Project Information Meeting for Parents Slides - 10/19/2022